linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/4] platform: allow ATOM PMC code to be optional

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Date:   Thu, 28 Apr 2022 02:24:26 -0400
From:   Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@...ux.intel.com>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        Mark Gross <markgross@...nel.org>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/4] platform: allow ATOM PMC code to be optional

A few months back I was doing a test build for "defconfig-like" COTS
hardware and happened to notice some pmc-atom stuff being built.  Fine,
I thought - the defconfig isn't minimal - we all know that - what Kconfig
do I use to turn that off?  Well, imagine my surprise when I found out
you couldn't turn it [Atom Power Management Controller] code off!

Normally we all agree to not use "default y" unless unavoidable, but
somehow this was added as "def_bool y" which is even worse ; you can
see the Kconfig setting but there is *no* way you can turn it off.

After investigating, I found no reason why the atom code couldn't be
opt-out with just minor changes that the original addition overlooked.

And so this series addreses that.  I tried to be sensitive to not
break any existing configs in the process, but the defconfig will
now intentionally be different and exclude this atom specific code.

Using a defconfig on today's linux-next, here is the delta summary:

$ ./scripts/bloat-o-meter -c ../pmc-atom-pre/vmlinux ../pmc-atom-post/vmlinux|grep add/remove
add/remove: 0/410 grow/shrink: 0/7 up/down: 0/-47659 (-47659)
add/remove: 0/105 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-6848 (-6848)
add/remove: 0/56 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-10155 (-10155)

$ ./scripts/bloat-o-meter -c ../pmc-atom-pre/vmlinux ../pmc-atom-post/vmlinux|grep Total
Total: Before=13626994, After=13579335, chg -0.35%
Total: Before=3572137, After=3565289, chg -0.19%
Total: Before=1235335, After=1225180, chg -0.82%

It is hard to reclaim anything against the inevitable growth in
footprint, so I'd say we should be glad to take whatever we can.

Boot tested defconfig on today's linux-next on older non-atom COTS.

Paul.

Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Mark Gross <markgross@...nel.org>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>

---

Paul Gortmaker (4):
  platform/x86: pmc_atom: remove unused pmc_atom_write()
  ACPI: LPSS: make the Kconfig dependency on PMC_ATOM explicit
  platform/x86: pmc_atom: dont export pmc_atom_read - no modular users
  platform/x86: pmc_atom: make the PMC driver actually unselectable

 arch/x86/Kconfig                           |  1 +
 drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig               | 11 ++++++++---
 drivers/platform/x86/pmc_atom.c            | 13 -------------
 include/linux/platform_data/x86/pmc_atom.h |  1 -
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

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